Pencil.



H. A. VEAZIE.

PENCIL.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 6, 1910.

1,012,765, Patented Dec. 26, 1911;

AM Q.

UN ED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY AUGUSTUS VEAZIE, OF ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

rnncrn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

Application filed Decemper 6, 1910. Serial No; 595,893.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, HENRY A. VEAZIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pencils, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is the provision in a pencil of the stipulated type, of members adapted when removed from the remainder of the pencil to be compressed between the thumb and finger of an operator, and having means on their inner sides for,

sharpening the lead,'this in order that subsequent to the removal of any one of the members the samemay be compressed on the end of the lead and then by turning either the member or the lead the end -of the lead may be expeditiously and easily, provided with a sharp point.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in 'connectlon with the drawings, ac-

companying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pencil constituting the preferred embodiment of my invention, with portions of the outside wrapping or covering removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view, partly in elevation and partly in section, and illustrating the relative arrangement of the lead, the nested members and the outside wrapper or covering. -Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view, partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating the manner in which a member subsequent to its removal from the outside wrapper or covering may be employed to provide the endof the lead with a point. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-section of one member of the pencil, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a modified member hereinafter referred to in detail.

Referring by letter to. the .said. drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4 thereof: A is the continuous lead of my novel, pencil. B is the outside wrapper or covering, which is preferably of paper, and preferably, though not necessarily, of circular form in cross-section. C is a cylinder or plug of rubber or analogous material secured through the medium of adhesive material or other suitable means in the rear end portion of the outside wrapper or covering, and D D are the conical, nested, separable members of the pencil. These members D are identical in construction, and therefore the right-of Figs. 2 and 3 will suilice to impart a definite understanding of all. The mentioned member D comprises a body a, of paper, composition or other material suit- I) at its large end, the'perimeter of which flange is of about the proportional length illustrated and is parallel to the longitudinal center of the member, and abrading matethroughout the interior 'of,sa1d body, as shown in Figs. 2 and -3. The said abrading or lead pointing means is preferably of tinctly understood that it may be of any other description compatible with the purpose of my invention without involving departure from the scope thereof as defined in the claims appended.

The members D are nested one, within the other throughout the length of the pencil, in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and the perimeters of the flanges b of the members are connected to the outside wrapper or covering B through the medium of adhesive material or other suitable means indicated by E in Fig. 2. By thus arranging the members D, relative to the continuouslead A will-be noted that the members D are detachably connected together, that circumferential spaces F are afiorded between the wrapper or coverin may be readily severed to permit of the orward end member D being detached from the remainder of the members. It will also be noted that' thedetached member may be pinched or collapsed between the thumb and finger of the operator, and then when the said member is turnedabout the end portion of the lead A pinched or compressed thereon, the abradable to the purpose, having an exterior flange rial or means 0 lining the body 0 preferably.

and the outside wrapper or covering B, it

flanges of the members, and that opposite the said circumferential spaces the outslde or the said lead is turned'in the member a detailed description of the one shown at sand or emery paper, but I desire it dispulp or equivalent material, and the abrad-' ingv or cutting means 0' is formed by particles of emery or like material embedded in the body a at the time of manufacture.

When the pencil is made up of a plurality.

of nested members D in combination with a continuous lead and an outslde wrapper or covering, the pencil will be possessed of all of the advantages ascribed to the pencil shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and will be adapted to be used in the same manner as the latter.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel pencil is susceptible of being quickly and easily manufactured. and that it is quite as light and inexpensive as the pencils extant of a corresponding type.

The construction herein illustrated and described constitutes the best embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant, but it is obvious that .in the future practice of the invention such changes or modifications may be made as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as expressed in the claims appended. For instance, While I have shown the pencil as circular in cross-section,

it may be of any other desired shape in cross-section without affecting my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a pencil of the kind described, the combination of a piece of marking substance, separable and collapsible members,

of general cone-shape, nested one within the other and directly surrounding the said piece of marking substance and each having on its inner side means for sharpening the end of the piece of marking substance when the member is pinched and worked about said end, and an outside wrapper connected to the outer sides of the members and adapted to be severed at the points Where said members are separated. Q

2. In a pencil of the kind described, the

combination of a piece of marking sub- HENRY, AUGUSTUS VEAZIE.

Witnesses:

SAML. HIRSCH, LoUIs TEIssrER. 

